How does anyone decide a new program is a train wreck before it is
even been fully implemented? It would seem that with the positive
response to the parts of the law that have been implemented, such
as parents being able to keep their children on their health
insurance until 26 and annual preventive health care with no
deductible or copay, that a train wreck is not in the picture. We
already know in those State which have their exchange in place the
monthly premiums are lower than predicted. There is no doubt that
there will be glitches but those do not make ACA a train wreck. As
a frontline Public Health Professional I have helped implement a
number of health programs put in place by Washington. They all had
their glitches that were ironed out, are still in place today and
much appreciated by the millions of people who have benefited from
them. Right now there are 30 million, hard working Americans who
will finally find access to affordable health care through the
exchanges, let them decide if it is a train wreck not the overpaid,
underworked Republicans in Washington who are basing their views
about it on their own political agenda rather than the needs of
honest hard working people. Perhaps, if costs are their concern,
they should take a pay cut instead of always taking the sacrifices
out of everyone else's pockets..

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